Playlist – 18 Oct 2015 – Wedding

I ask each person who inquires about my DJ service the same question: “how did you hear about me?” Many say word of mouth, others find me on Yelp or the Bold Italic, and a few in posts in which I’ve been tagged on Style Me Pretty. One thing I’ve never heard is “in a Google search,” because I don’t show up in any DJ searches there. Or so I thought. When I asked the gentleman who eventually hired me for yesterday’s wedding how he found me, the answer was Google.

“Google? Really? What were your search terms?” I asked, thinking perhaps he had forgotten how he found me.

“DJs Who Don’t Play Hit Songs.”

It all makes sense now.

“You showed up on the first page.”

Rub it in why don’t you? But no, truth be told Google knows best. That’s my exact niche. There are plenty of DJs out there who aren’t able to play much beyond the cliché mix of party classics and whatever’s popular right now. The people who hire me want someone who can read a crowd and get them to dance without resorting to Donna Summer, The Black Eyed Peas, and other predictable fare.

Here’s what I played for yesterday’s lovely Sunday wedding in Wine Country.

Rose Rouge – St. Germain
Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
Step – Vampire Weekend
Yellow – Coldplay
Jesus, Etc. – Wilco
Lebanese Blonde – Thievery Corporation
Kelly Watch the Stars – Air
Mr. November – The National
Can’t Do Without You – Caribou
These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs
One – U2
Back on the Chain Gang – Pretenders
Suburban War – Arcade Fire
Running Up That Hill – Chromatics
Make You Better – The Decemberists
The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side – Magnetic Fields

Dinner Music

No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
Half Moon – Blind Pilot
Where the Kids Are – Blondfire
Start a War – The National
Piazza, New York Catcher – Belle & Sebastian
Not Now But Soon – Imogen Heap
I’m On Fire – Chromatics
Picture In a Frame – Tom Waits
All I Want Is You – U2
Everything We Touch – Say Lou Lou
Don’t Save Me – Haim
Just Like Honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Next Exit – Interpol
Minnesota, WI – Bon Iver
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
Oh My Love – John Lennon
We’re Going to Be Friends – The White Stripes
Today Is The Day – Yo La Tengo
Heartbeats – José González
Goodnight And Go – Imogen Heap
In Films – Chromatics
We Belong – Pat Benatar
Royals Lorde
The Only Place Best Coast
Radio America The Libertines
Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
Radio America – Libertines
Royals – Lorde
The Only Place – Best Coast
Bra – Cymande
My Little Corner of the World – Yo La Tengo
I Want the World to Stop – Belle & Sebastian